MFRAI - Latest News
28/02/22 - Previous advice has been given of the winding up of First Touch Football Supplies as a business unit and of subsequent negotiations with Umbro to handle referee clothing and equipment requirements for match officials from across our football state.
Umbro has announced that its referee online store for clothing and equipment purchases is now ready and can accept online orders from individual match officials, zones and branches as from Wednesday 1 March 2023. The Umbro store not only will provide standard referee clothing, including jackets, polo shirts and training jerseys, but also equipment items such as whistles, flags, cards and notebooks.
The Umbro referee store is currently live to view at https://prosportsgroup.com.au/collections/northern-nsw-referees, and as from tomorrow can also be accessed by clicking on the Shop icon in the top right-hand corner of the NNSWF website home page.
There are slight variations in the prices of some clothing and equipment with some items being slightly more expensive and others less so.
Please be aware that Umbro black referee shirts will soon transition to having grey sleeves (instead of the current black sleeves). This change was made by Umbro as a result of its regular reviews of its product lines. Match officials across NNSWF are not required to purchase one of these new shirts to replace their existing Umbro black shirt.
The NNSWF Referee Department will continue to supply green shirts, black shorts, black socks, Laws of the Game books, whistles, flags, cards and notebooks to participants at Level 4 Referee Courses across the state under the NNSWF New Referee Starter Package.
I wish to thank Michael Ying Sing from the NNSWF Marketing Department for the significant amount of time and energy he has given to negotiating with Umbro and arranging for our match officials to continue to be able to purchase their clothing and equipment in a timely and efficient manner.
Regards,
Brad Carlin
Referee Manager
Northern NSW Football
28/01/22 - Registrations are now open for Referees in the Macquarie Football Zone.
Please jump on line now at the MFRAI PlayFootball portal and complete your registrations. The MFRAI website has a detailed Registration Guide in the "Documents & Resources" section.
15/01/23 - A gentle reminder that 2023 Membership Fees are now due. Existing members should have received their statement from Greg. Please get in touch with Greg at treasurermfrai@gmail.com if you have not yet received your renewal Statement.
08/08/22 - Hi Members,
With the completion of the season fast approaching it is now time to turn our attention to recognising the efforts of our referees.
We will be conducting our Annual Presentation Night at:
Charlestown Leagues Club on Saturday 22nd October commencing at 6.00pm.
Cost to attend the evening will be $25 for those 18 years and over, while those under 18 the cost will be $20.
Parents, partners, brothers and sisters etc are all welcome to attend to help us celebrate.
Cost for family of members will be $25 for those over 18 and $20 for under 18.
The night will include:
1. A two course meal (alternate drop),
2. Recognition of all our first year referees,
3. Presentation of awards including our referee of the year and Rookie of the year,
4. Free drinks will be provided at a point during the evening.
There will be a free raffle, and other games on the night.
Special guests and life members will be attending to participate and congratulate our award winners and once again meet our new and existing members.
To attend please contact Dave Sneddon by email at treasurermfrai@gmail.com advising how many will be attending. So we can confirm numbers to the club and organise seating arrangements can everyone give this their early attention and reply to Dave ASAP.
Hope to see you there, its always a great night.
Kind Regards,
Greg Briggs, President MFRAI
07/06/22 - It's time for our June Coaching & Ordinary General Meeting.
Where: Lakelands Community Hall, Lakelands
When: Tuesday 21st June 2022
Time: 7pm
- Coaching Session delivered by Riley Kirkaldy from the NNSWF Referee Department.
- Current Macquarie Referees will be presented with a MFRAI gear bag & Match cards.
- There will also be a raffle on night with the prize being a football signed by the 21/22 Jets.
Supper will also be provided.
If you are unable to attend, PLEASE advise our Secretary, Joe Worboys.
We look forward to seeing everyone on the night.
03/05/22 -
At our first compulsory General Meeting of the year in April, we were finally able to present our 2021 Award Winners with their trophies.
Congratulations to all the award winners. To see the list of Award winners check out the Awards section on the home page...... HERE.
07/04/22 - Members,
The season commences officially on the weekend of 22,23 and 24th of April.
With the weather having a large impact on trials, it means we will jump into the competition proper likely without many, if any at all trials under our belt.
It is extremely important that we start the season with the knowledge of what is expected of Macquarie Football referees throughout the season.
It is also important that we meet face to face to welcome new members and reacquaint for networking.
We will also present trophy winners from the 2021 season which will be a celebration of efforts from our members through that trying covid year.
Details:
Where: Lakelands Community Hall - Lakelands
When: Tuesday 19th April 2022
Time: 7pm
If you are unable to attend, PLEASE let our Secretary, Joe Worboys know so we can follow up with you in the early stage of the season.
I very much look forward to seeing you on the night.
Greg Briggs
President, Macquarie Football Referees Association Inc.
22/03/22 - A 3rd and final combined seminar for the 2022 season has been arranged on Wednesday 6th April.
If you intend to referee this season you should register and attend this seminar, you also need to pay the $50 membership fee for our association and register as a referee with Macquarie referees on the Play football website.
Details: 6pm till 730pm - Wednesday 6th April
Location: Lake Macquarie Regional Football Facility Conference Room
Masks are not mandatory but if you would like to wear one that is your Preference. This will not be done via Zoom this is face to face Seminar.
Please use the link below to register for this seminar.
Combined Seminar for Community Referees 6th April (sportingpulse.com)
This is the link to Play Football to register with Macquarie Football Referee Association
https://registration.playfootball.com.au/common/pages/reg/WelcomeRegPlus.aspx?entityid=74884
Please let Joe Worboys know ASAP if you are not intending to referee this season.
14/02/22 - The compulsory seminar registration dates/links for the 2022 Seminars are now available.
#1 - 5th March – 130 Spots @ East Maitland Bowling Club Combined Seminar for Community Referees.
Registration Link: East Maitland Seminar Registration
#2 - 20th March – 80 Spots @ Newcastle Football Office Combined Seminar for Community Referees.
Registration Link:
Newcastle Football Office Registration
14/02/22 - It's time for our first General Meeting of the year. 7PM on Tuesday 15th February. Please check your emails for the ZOOM connection details. Please make sure you attend as this is an important meeting with a lot of pre-season information to be provided.
07/02/22 - Registrations are now open for Referees in the Macquarie Football Zone.
Please jump on line now at the MFRAI PlayFootball portal and complete your registrations. The MFRAI website has a detailed Registration Guide in the "Documents & Resources" section.
31/01/22 - Members,
A recent committee meeting was held regarding the start to the 2022 season.
The pandemic continues to restrict our plans and with the situation at the moment with group meetings, we have had to cancel our season launch get together and 2021 trophy presentations.
The trophy presentation for 2021 will take place at our 1st compulsory meeting in April 2022 just prior to the 1st rounds of 2022.
We have subsequently amended our 2022 "Calendar of Events" which is now available in the Documents section of the MFRAI Website for your information. www.mfrai.com/documents.html.
We will keep you further informed throughout February.
Yours in refereeing
13/01/22 - A gentle reminder that 2022 Membership Fees are now due. Existing members should have now received their statement from Dave. Please get in touch if you have not yet received your renewal Statement.
10/10/21 - Sam Donald has been named Macquarie Football's 2021 Newcastle Permanent Community Referee of the Year.
See the full story at https://macquariefootball.com.au/sam-donald-named-macquarie-footballs-newcastle-permanent-community-referee-of-the-year/